SAN JOSE — The badminton coach arrested last week on suspicion of child molestation in San Jose is a former U.S Olympian from the 2008 summer games.

Khankham Malaythong, otherwise known as Khan “Bob” Malaythong 37, of San Jose, was found inside a parked 2018 Maserati around 9 p.m. July 12 at Joseph Grant Park, located on Mt. Hamilton Road in San Jose. Santa Clara County Park rangers discovered him inside the vehicle with a 17-year-old girl, later determined to be his student, according to a Santa Clara sheriff’s spokesman.

He was arrested at the scene on suspicion of annoying/molesting a minor, and sexual assault, the sheriff’s office said.

Malaythong qualified for the U.S. badminton team, in men’s doubles with Howard Bach for the 2008 summer games in Beijing, China, where he and his partner advanced to the quarterfinals. He also has won the U.S. National Badminton Championships six times, and received several medals in the Pan American Games and Pan Am Championships.

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Recently, he was reportedly named as the 2018 Youth Olympic Head Coach for USA Badminton, but as of late Friday afternoon, was suspended by USA Badminton “pending the investigation and has been removed from his coaching duties,” the organization announced.

Malaythong was a coach at the Synergy Badminton Academy in Menlo Park, whose website boasts that it is “Home to Olympians.” Malaythong or “Coach Bob” was also a coach at the California Badminton Academy in Fremont, according to its website.